Repeated connectivity issues in p99 with fair ms and good internet

[bubur]

I recently moved to a new location where my wireless internet connection is quite good. Good signal, able to surf the web very smoothly.

However, when I try to connect to p99, I am about 80% of the time unable to log in at all, and each zone also brings a crash.

What gives? ms is fine if I can get in... but cant stay in past a single zone generally.

Tried EQlive and a freebie wow account, both work perfectly.

[Honest]

Have you tried a fresh install? Have you used the duxa installer?

[bubur]

ill do that and report back today. dont see how it would change a connectivity problem but why not eh

[bubur]

interestingly, when i am playing with my friends in a group and i dc in a zone, ive found that the dc occurs immediately upon zoning, not after some timeout.

ill hit the zoneline, they'll instantly get dc message, and the zone fails

[bubur]

installed duxa... not surprisingly it had no effect on my connectivity

reluctant to do a full re-install

[Swish]

Could be the router? I'm no techie but I've been tinkering with my router for other stuff (EQ has always been fine on it).

Firstly, if its in any way possible... move your PC to the router and plug an ethernet cable in and see if EQ is playable wired. If its exactly the same disconnects and crap you've been getting it could be a problem with the router itself. If its fine while wired in, its more likely to be a wireless issue and is worth having a look at the router's wireless settings:-

Connect to it at: http://192.168.1.1

Then you should see a login screen. If nobody has ever done this then quite often the user name and password are both "admin", or you might have something more specific with your router box.

Just check if you can to see if you're using WPA/WPA2 mixed, or try to change it (and make a note of how you did it to change it back afterwards if it changes anything else). As long as you know what you're changing and can change things back it might be worth a bit of experimentation.

Failing that, have you tried the same computer at a friend's/neighbour's house quickly? Just to check its not something in your PC's Network Settings?

Honestly it could be anything! But wireless is a weird one sometimes, signal strength could be poor or patchy (how far away from the router are you? does it go through a few walls before it gets to you?), my old router's wireless would often just "stop" for a couple of seconds like it was tired and then carry on.

If you find the problem, make sure to post it on here - you never know when someone will search for this thread and see the solution before their eyes :)

[Lyra]

reluctant to do a full re-install

Don't be reluctant. I've done it many times.

The only thing on your PC related to the server is your character friends list and UI.

You can copy those to a separate file before you do anything, for safe keeping. Search your Everquest file for your character name(s) to find them.

I keep an untouched install in a separate folder to copy from instead of going through the "disc" loads over and over.

Hope you get it resolved soon.

[Zade]

are you using titanium client?

[bubur]

Just some updates

Using titanium client yes
Did a reinstall, didn't change anything but may have been worth doin anyway
This issue doesn't occur internet cafes and free wifi spots around my dorm
..But since its a dorm I don't have any access to router settings

As far as I understand it, my internet seems to cut out for about half a second every 30 sec to 1 min on P99 forums (but not wiki). This doesn't appear to occur in any other website. It may occur in other websites, but seems to be longer and noticeable only in p99 forums.

It seems like when ever I have that connectivity loss during a zone or log in it boots me out.

At any rate, if I were to connect with a wire, I am 80% sure this issue wouldn't occur, but alas I cannot.

Odd thing is that this only started happening after I returned from a vacation. This location never had issues before about mid-january.

It seems to help a little if I walk my laptop directly next to the router and log in, then walk back to my desk. Once its in, I am good (until I zone or die). It still can take 1-??? hrs to log in but at least I'm a dark elf so I can stay hidden and logged in all night. *Shrug*

Still open to tips on getting through this though.

[Swish]

Google "wireless signal booster" and see what comes up...sounds like you've got a patchy signal. Is it physically possible to get to the router itself and plug a short ethernet cable in just to test it?

www.speedtest.net - try running one of these from your room and next to the router itself and see what the difference is.

[bubur]

I have started to venture out from my dorm and look for free wifi hotspots that I may visit if I need to zone a few times.

So far about 1/2 are having this issue. What is it about these wireless connections that make logging in to p99 a nightmare? This does not affect other games, not even EQLive.

And further, what has changed to cause this? It didn't used to be like this at all. Can I expect/hope for a fix?

Far as I can see the wireless won't be compatible with p99 unless its absolutely excellent, such as the ones maintained by internet cafes with 40+ terminals. Free wifi at restaurants/hotels are consistently having this issue..

[bubur]

as amendment to my last post

this issue is occurring on all eq emu servers not just p99

i guess i should take the matter to those forums

[Jete]

Hey bubur, I just wanted to respond and let you know you are not alone in this issue--especially as of late. I have ordered a long cat-5 (30 foot.. since I live in Japan I have to wait forever to get anything) and I am hoping it will fix my TT/EJ/BW latency issues as well as the connectivity issues you mentioned above.

I have tried many many fixes--probably reinstalled at least 10x, bought a new router, tried different processors (think it might be my quad-core), changed all my firewall settings to multiple different configurations (including off =P) and launched EQ using every tool I could think of.

I am hoping that connecting straight to the router will fix my issue--I will repost when it comes in next week and let you know!

[Honest]

Have you tried updating drivers to your wireless adapter? Have you tried setting a static IP? What version of windows are you running? Other than the connectivity issues does the game run choppy, slow? When you are playing does it ever look like you lose connectivity even for just a second or two?

[Honest]

Might be worth trying to also get a usb wireless adapter and try connecting to wifi with that instead of the built in wifi and see if you get the same issue.

[bubur]

thanks for all of the suggestions folks but i want to make one thing clear

I have been playing p99 on this computer without any change addition to the hardware for more than 2 years (forum name change due to account sale a long time ago).

Since I've started I have moved locations ~6 times, and been on and off playing. They have all been wireless and never have I had such an issue as this. Its almost certainly an issue of compatibility with my wifi here in this particular dorm setting in Indonesia. I recently discovered a hotspot about half a km away which logs in and zones perfectly.

But its not so simple unfortunately. My wifi is quite good in this dorm!

I can sit here watching HD and streaming videos without issue while P99 repeatedly says it can't connect to the internet.

[Honest]

then it kinda sounds like they have some weird setting in the dorm for however the emulated servers run. I don't know what else to tell you outside of that.

[Swish]

Could be the ISP. Have you tried loading up other games requiring an internet connection? I know when I go into the university library its able to detect what type of data is being used (ie, playing games) and simply won't allow me to connect to P99, League of Legends, etc etc!

Maybe there's some kind of restriction on the ISP for gamers? A few tried it here in the UK but that policy didn't last too long, and they went for capping bandwidth at 1GB/2GB a month and trying to charge people if they went over it instead.

If it's not the router it's probably the ISP... if the internet seems fine for everything else. Did you run a speed test from your dorm and from next to the router? (www.speetest.net)... always interesting to see how much your connection deteriorates :p

[Deanob]

Hey I submitted this problem on the eqemulator.net forums.

The problem has something to do returning packets to client over high latency networks (eg. low quality wireless signals).

http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=36426


If you check out the parent forum a lot of people are reporting this issue.


I believe its on the eqemulator.net login server end and as of last week its gotten A LOT better.


So that being said, no need to waste time on changing routers and calling your ISP. Its 100% server side problem.

[Calidore]

Just some updates

..But since its a dorm I don't have any access to router settings


I wonder if the people in charge of your Dorm's Router have QoS enabled on the router itself and they made Streaming and/or VoIP a higher priority than other packets?

If so, I'm not sure there is much you can do but maybe try a wired connection to the router itself with a Cat-5e ethernet cable. Hopefully you don't need a LONG one!

[bubur]

Hey I submitted this problem on the eqemulator.net forums.

The problem has something to do returning packets to client over high latency networks (eg. low quality wireless signals).

http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=36426


If you check out the parent forum a lot of people are reporting this issue.


I believe its on the eqemulator.net login server end and as of last week its gotten A LOT better.


So that being said, no need to waste time on changing routers and calling your ISP. Its 100% server side problem.

Thanks for this info

Ive noticed now even internet cafes are having this issue although at a rarer chance. Maybe 1 crash every 5 zones or something..

This never used to happen, been using these same cafes for more than 6 months.

[bubur]

Really hope whatever it is gets switched back. Loginquest is not a fun game.

[Swish]

If I win the lottery Bubur I'm buying you a new internet connection there :p